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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 2, On the Problem of a Theory of Scientific Method.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of reasoning, according to Popper, is not rational?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Deductive.
(c) Testable.
(d) Inductive.

2. What term does Popper use of empirical science?
(a) Inductive.
(b) Synthetic.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Artificial.

3. What types of statements have no logical justification in which to draw conclusions?
(a) Circular.
(b) Logical.
(c) Singular.
(d) Inferential.

4. What method does Popper say applies to science and is important to the theory of knowledge?
(a) Resolving contradictions.
(b) Understanding statements.
(c) Learning assumptions.
(d) Proving theories.

5. How does deductive reasoning begin?
(a) Premise of logic.
(b) Premise of induction.
(c) Premise of testability.
(d) Premise of falsifiability.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does methodological rule differ?

2. What does Popper consider to contribute to the cosmology of empirical science?

3. For what purpose are methodological rules developed?

4. What are the boundaries of conditions?

5. What deductive tests determine if a theory is a scientific advance?

(see the answer key)

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